Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12


without apparent suffering or return TO con
sCiousncss In any degree. Mrs Beechcr, said
Mr. Scccomb, bore up wonderfully and with
marvellous courage
No Grape was hung on the door, Mr., Bcechcr
having always objected to the use OF tins and
the GLOOM associated with II in the presence Of
death. Instead a magnificent wreath OF flowers
hung from the left side Of the doorway a, the
top OF the stoop composed Of red and white
roses and Lilies of the Valley and tied up with
white satin.
At lO'3Dit was given out that the funeral
would take place
IN GREENWOOD on THURSDAY NEXT,
Some time ago Mr. II, W. Sage, a member OF
Plymouth Church, appropriated by VIII sum
OF money to place a statue OF Mr.. Bcecher IN
Prospect Park, after his dcccase, Mr., Quincy
Wood, the well known sculptor who is to do the
work viii call at the house in the course OF the
day for the purpose Of making plaster cast OF
his features. IT is not intended that any cX-
animation shall be made OF Mr. Bccchers brain
organism.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Henry Ward Bcecher, who, two years aSo'Was
pronounced by Gladstone one Of the i've truly
great men living, the other four being, according
to the grand old man, Victor Hngo, u. ;. Grant
Blsmarcl, and Darwin, was born nj Lllchteld'
Conn., June u, 1873, the eighth child OF Lyman
and Roxana Foote Bcechcr. The conveyance
Of twol long lines of sturdy New England ances'
try is represented by The union of these names
Ofhis childhood period Mr. Becchcr himself
saws in his characteristic way.
81 th,nl; was about as well brought up as
most children, because was lot alone. MY
| father was so busy. and my mother had so many
other children TO look after, that, except mere
and there. hardly came under the parental
| hand nj ALL | was brought up in New Eng
| land village. and | knew where the sweet nag
was. where the hickory trees were, where the
| chestnut trees we're where the sassairaS trees
| wore wherc the SQUIRRELS were, where all those
| ,h,nas were that BOYS enterprise after; there
fore had a world of things TO do; and so did
no, come much in contact with family govern
| ment."
| His mother died when he was but three years
| old His devotion to her memory amounted I,
| possion in after years In one sermon ne sn'o
that no dcvout Catholic ever saw so muc'' III ''''
| Virgin Mary as he had seen in his mo'her' WIZ
| had been presence TO him ever since hc cou,'
| remember He began his education III " ht'''
school kept by Il Widow kllhourn' Wh'rc Wv
idlencss which generally prevailed was ei,Pn"
| sized hy the recital of the alphaoet twice "ai's
From here he wen, to the district school
| Al the ace of ten he was removed to the pr
vate school of the Rev. Mr.. Langdon' ~ bo'h
,chcm. and was then sent TO HARTFORD Whc''
his sister was the head Of young iaules senooi
There he was the only boy among ABOUT ior'!
girls When he was twelve years oiu 'nc '"''''
lv removed TO Boston, and the wholc current
| his life was changed. He entered t"c poS'''
| Latin School, where the course oi stuoy was "
pulsiye md uneongenial to him. nc ai'cr""''
s,id An ono Of his sermons, that II ne hau no
heen taken out of Boston in time nothlhs Wou'
h,vc prevented his going to destrucuoh' lh
| hov from reading books OF travel, hanRereu ai'e
n ITO of adventure. Under the pretense 'haI
| training in mathematics and Navigation W"
nccessnrv. he was sent by his father W Noun
pleasant school. at Amhurst, Mass. lhero II
w,s unacr the speca care OF u gepla'' mann
,ou,g teacher. between whom ana inc poS
Arm friendship was compactcd, undcr inc u,
s,ruc,ion of this Mr.. Fitzgerald nc niu"
good progress in mathematics "a n
d,oculties in his voice, its indistinc'hess an
.h;,l,ross vere removed In great measure U
,,,rso ~ ,locution under Prof j. L. Lover
no ioined his fathers church in Boston, who
his drcams of naval ambition were merged '''
,,,.,,,ians % enter the ministry. Two years
happiness ut Mt. Pleasant followeu' 49,
nrepnra,ion was thorough, and ne m,s". NJ,
entered the Sophomore but he joined 'nc r'.a '.'"
mems class. He graduated IN 1871 "'u Io',.
his father at Cincinnati where pr' n00'"''
moved some two years before -, ca,
| II, next entered the Lane Theo'oglco' 90.
, mary at Cincinnati, where he conceived su., =,
attachment for Prof c. Il. stowe, ~ er"1'" .,'a ~
nnshond NJ his sister, Harriet old Dr Lynn
was then professor in the seminary, l"o VIZ
logical views OF Henry Ward at TINS 'iinc 'am ,,
) summed up in the following sentence. n,
, salvation of humanity by Divine agenoy'uiro.,, :,
an. salvation of individuals, was 10 MN =, u
: great end to be obtained but the mean, ,,,, w.
1 end was a problem, the eomp'oSN W.
p which rendered him, as he neareo 'ao ,'o 4
his theological course, the v'otn v, NJ ur
.sI0n ANA aonht." After leaving oo'luso
: rnoo,yed n call to Lawrenccburg, lnd' lnon ,' !,
n hc was called to Indianapolis whete, n', Ma" RI
. wife. whom he had married before 'e'vmo w. ., /,
- c,nna,i. he lived simple, Wholesome 'nu m,
|, NOS, intense activity From lndianapons' ",'
Q c,vht wears OF happy ministry, he was au oanrV
/. plymouth Church, In Brooklyn o,,Iyn
!. uastoral duties In Orange street. o'o'"''
D sunday morning, October TO- 1871 IA M,
Ths church 70 which MI Hssene' "s~